Finally, I got it resolved and now I am getting everything back after suffering 1 whole day!!
Here is my solution, it should not be an official solution, but just a workaround. Typically, I removed the update-fonts-dir in /usr/bin/* (or some other location, typically the default path). I just "mv" it to update-fonts- dir.old Then the update just went on with some warning message!! Later on, I found there is another update-fonts-dir under /usr/sbin... and these two are different, I don't have time to figure out more whether the /usr/sbin/ one is a higher version one. But it can make the installation moving forward. To make it safe, I reinstall the xfonts-base package (apt-get --reinstall install xfonts-base) and some other language support packages, restart X, then all those square box gone and things just look fine!! So in short, the workaround is: rename /usr/bin/update-fonts-dir (the one located by which) apt-get install -f apt-get --reinstall install xfont-base Hope it helps!! Good luck! -- Cannot install, reinstall or remove the package in any way https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/52310 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
